Europe 2019

Next on the agenda is the fine arts museum. This attraction has a number of our favourite features - it's in a beautiful building, it's free and the featured exhibition is based around an artist we have encountered before and liked.
The building lived up to expectations and the exhibit was interesting, filling in some information about Joaquin Sorolla, an artist that we had originally learned about in Madrid. He was born in Valencia and worked extensively here. The only disappointment was that they didn't have much of his work on display and what there was didn't appeal as much as the Madrid House paintings.Leer más

Finally, a little tech wizardry to finish off Valencia (for now). A multimedia look at Van Gough's life and work. Simply, it was a room with wall sized video screens around all sides as well as a corridor with more space and screens. On the screens they showed a progression of paintings from different stages of his career along with quotes and background. At the same time they played a selection of music to reflect the mood of the paintings. It was really well done they didn't just show the paintings, but sections of each painting with varying degrees of detail. They even managed to animate them to some extent. Very well done.Leer más